A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.

Known for centuries as the famous Roman emperor's burial place, this monument is actually something else.

A monumental fountain in Rome features a large statue of Moses that has been criticized for centuries.

Also known as the Square Colosseum, this building is a prime example of fascist-era rationalist architecture.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

The stoic structure boasts a whimsical set of stained glass art commemorating Lewis Carroll.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.